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JOSEPH M. MERROW, OF MERROW, CONNECTICUT.

BORDER OR EDGING FOR FABRICS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 507,234, dated October24, 1893.l

Application filed May 2, 1889. Serial No. 309,386. (No model.)

To a/ZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOSEPH M. MERROW, of Morrow, in the county ofTolland and State of Connecticut, haveinvented acertain new and usefulImproved Border or Edging; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and t0the letters of reference marked thereon.

This invention relates to a new and improved ornamental border or finishfor fabrics, hereinafter described and specifically claimed. p

In the accompanying drawings illustrating my invention, Figure 1represents a border composed of a base and two lines of chains orstitches. Fig. 2 represents a border composed of three lines of stitchesor chains of loops. Fig. 3 represents a border, similar to that in Figs.l and 2, with the principal line twisted to form double loops. Figs. 4,5, 6, 7 and 8 illustrate modified forms of the invention.

Similar letters of reference in the several iigures indicate the sameparts.

My improved border or finish is composed 0f a base 0r foundation strip Ato which is attached an open work edging formed by connecting, incertain relations, two or more chains or lines of loops or stitches B,C,hereinafter designated chains What is herein designated as the base Amay be composed of any suitable material presenting an edge or margin a,such, for example, as a tape, cord, strip, a chain of stitches, the edgeof a garment or a fold of fabric, and the edge a may be either plain,overstitched or otherwise protected or ornamented as desired. Thechains, so called, each consist of a series of connected stitches orloops, formed from one or more threads or strands and produced in anywell known manner, as by a sewing machine, or hand or machinecrocheting. The several chains may be of the same or differentmaterials, stitches or colors, as desired, to produce different effects.

In forming the border the chain B is attached at intervals to the margina of the base, as by forming one or more stitches in or through thebase, so as to produce a series of loops B extending beyond the margina. The loops B thus formed from chain B are supported and retained inposition along the edge of the base by means of a chain C ex tendinglongitudinally of the margin a, and attached to each loop B at one ormore points.

The chain B may be connected either directly to the base A, asrepresented in Fig. 1, or it may be attached thereto through the mediumof a line of stitches or chain D running lengthwise of the base orformed upon the margin a thereof, as represented in Fig. 2.

It will be observed that in the embodiment last mentioned the finish iscomposed of a base and two substantially parallel chains C, D, the one-D- connecting the looped chain B to the base, and the other -Cconnecting and sustaining the loops B beyond the margin a. of the base.The forms and dimensions of loops B can, of course, be varied, and thechain C may be connected to the loops at various distances from themargin a, and it may either cross and be attached to the loops at two ormore points between the base and outer ends of the loops, as representedin Figs. 1, 2 and 4, or it may be attached to the outer extremity of theloops B at one or more points, as indicated in Figs, 5, 6, 7 and 8, thechain C being laid straight, as in Figs. 1, 2, 3, 5, and 6, or slack, asrepresented in Figs. 6, 7 and 8.

To produce a variation in the ligure and a more'ornarnental or elaborateecct, the chain B of the loops B may be twisted or crossed between thepoints of attachment to the base, as represented in Fig. 3, thusproducing a double loop, the chain whereof is held and maintained inposition by the chain C which crosses, and'I is attached to the chain Bpreferably at the point where the latter is brought together to form thedouble loop.

The chain B may be formed and attached to the base or to the line ofstitches D by means of any convenient chaining or stitch formingmechanism adapted to the purpose, such as the ordinary sewing machine,but I prefer to employ a machine such as that forming the subject of myprior application, Serial No. 291,317.

A convenient mode of forming and applying the chain C is by an ordinarysewing mechanism,but I have invented a special machine for this purposewherein provision is made for handling, controlling and feeding theloops or scallops B formed from chain B while forming and applying thechain C thereto.

The form of finish represented in Fig. 2, of the drawings is thepreferred embodiment of my present invention, that is to say it is acomplete exponent of the several novel features claimed herein, theother examples representing modifications and variations in thedisposition of the chain C, while Fig. 1 merely represents the chain Bsecured directly to the base without the oversealning or binding thread.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is- 1. As a newarticle of manufacture, a border or edging for fabrics consistingessentially of a base or foundation, a chain B connected at intervals tothe base by the inclusion of a soma;

vals to the base by the inclusion of a portion of the base within one crmore of the stiches of the chain,and a chain C extending lengthwise ofthe base and attached tothe loops formed from chain B at two points moreor less remote from each other and from the base; substantially asdescribed.

JOSEPH M. MERROW.

Witnesses:

J, P. STORY, H. E. CAREY.

